“In a traditional course, the instructor creates knowledge coherence by bounding the domain of knowledge that the learners will explore: i.e. this is the course text, here are the readings, quizzes will validate that you’ve learned what I think is …
How Video Games Are Changing Education (Infographic)
Schools have found an alternative way to equip students with flexible and adaptive skills by allowing them to learn by playing video games.
How To Know If You’re Correctly Integrating Technology
A common question that we hear from teachers about integrating technology into their classrooms is, “how do I know if I’m doing it right?” We feel that the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) best addresses the question of “doing it right.”…
iPad v iPad Mini – I’m a Teacher and I would choose…
The release of the iPad Mini has further muddied the waters when it comes to choosing appropriate technology to enhance learning. If your institution is going to buy into new technology which tablet should you choose?
http://syded.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/ipad-v-ipad-mini-im-a-teacher-and-i-would-choose/…
5 Ways to Show Your iPad on a Projector Screen
Teachers really want to the ability to display their iPad or their students’ iPads on a projector screen. Projecting on a large screen is great for demonstrations, simulations, explanations, and showing examples. There are several ways this can be done …
A Must-Have Online Safety Guide For Students
The following is a useful (and relatively quick!) guide to keeping students safe online.
http://edudemic.com/2012/12/a-must-have-online-safety-guide-for-students/…
When Moodle met Facebook
Five Lafayette University students created Academic Connect, a cross between a course management site and a social networking site. They hope that this application will revolutionize modern higher education.
http://www.thelaf.com/news/when-moodle-met-facebook-1.2966447…
Better Than PowerPoint: 3 Online Tools For Creating Gorgeous Presentations
Microsoft Office’s PowerPoint is the most commonly used application for presentations, but it’s not the only tool which can get the job done. In fact, some alternatives to PowerPoint might even be better, depending on which features you desire the …
16 New iPad tips 2012
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Presentation of the Week: The Virtual Learning Organization
Gmail Users Now Can Send 10Gb Files
A new button in the Gmail compose window will give users the ability to attach a file (up to 10 Gb) from their Google Drive account rather than attaching the file itself to the message.
http://mashable.com/2012/11/27/gmail-10gb/
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Using Dropbox as FTP Client to Create a Course Website
By using Dropbox as an automatic FTP client, you can save yourself a huge amount of time and hassle, while ensuring your website is always current with useful educational content and resources for your students.
http://tapintoteenminds.com/2012/04/12/using-dropbox-to-maintain-your-course-website-quick-easy/…
Essential Steps on the Way to Teaching Something: Robert Gagne’s “Nine Events of Instruction”
Gagne’s theory suggests a sequential, orderly process–the nine steps. And it leads to a desired end place–effective instruction/training.
http://blog.convergencetraining.com/2012/11/essential-steps-on-way-to-learning.html…
Conquer Your Next Research Project The Easy Way With These Tools
Whether you’re in school or you have a job, you likely have or will have to research at one point or another. And if you’re like most people, you will have to do it several times. These tools will help …
Learning Analytics: The Next Generation Initiative in Student Assessment
Learning Analytics is the use of intelligent data, learner-produced data, and analysis models to discover information and social connections, and to predict and advise on learning. See how can you use it in Student Assessment.
http://epubgeneration.weebly.com/learning-analytics.html#.ULwn7KVmlUR…